If you find yourself in the neighbourhood of Asakusa, you wouldn't miss a stop at the Sensoji Temple. Metro station: Asakusa, take the Ginza Line or Asakusa Line, though the Ginza exit takes you closer to Sensoji.
Nakamise Shopping Street is an entire street of shops where you can get all manners of sweets, cakes, cookies, souvenirs, knick-knacks and whatnot. A little up ahead, if you turn right and walk on to the main road then cross it, you will discover a marvellous little Korean BBQ tavern.
The place is tiny, you can barely stand up and walk about but it's cool...
first order yourself a drink of course, I would go for the sake, mine came in a convenient retail sized bottle.
The crowd is made of mostly (and usually, as we have come to discover) male office worker types
It has a real rock-hippie kind of feel to it. They played really classic rock songs. Toilet is just to the right of this photo but was surprisingly clean.
and it's a LOT of smoke!Here we have beef and pork, they have different kinds of beef, the cheaper one is the lean beef here:
The one with a bit of fat is of course yummier. But get a recommendation from the waiter. He has just enough English to help you out, and he's way friendly.
Must try: the cow heart is something we've never had and boy was it good! It looks like pieces of liver or tongue raw...
but give it a little fire and voila! It's tender with just a little chewiness.
Directions: the closest landmark is the Tobu Railways Asakusa Station North. When you get out of the station, cross the road (the Mos Burger is right opposite) and walk left. You can't miss the only row of small eateries, it's the second one from the corner.Bon appetite!
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